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L. KROUPA.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19, 1917.

l ,329, 6 l 2. Patented Feb. 3, 1920.

- www State ot UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LILLIAN KROUPA, lG15" CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BED.

Application filed. .Tune

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that L LILLIAN KnoUPl-i, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of Chicago, count;T of Cook, and l'Illinois-*1have invented certain new and use l Improvements in Beds, oit Which thefollowing a specilication.

My invention relates to improvements in beds and more particolari;T tobeds for hospitals, toe obiect ot the invention being` to provide aconvenient and oiiicient support 'for a hed adapted to support the heador upper portion oi' the body ot a patient in diiiierent positions.

The invention eonsis's in the eonihinations, and arrano'enrents of partehereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will he liest understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings 'forming a part of this speoicaiien7 and in which,

Figure l is a longitudinal section taken through the head portion oi' ahed embody ing my invention,

Fig. 2, a trensversesection ot the hed,

Fig. 3, an enlarged section taken on line 3 3 of 2,

iig. e., an enlarged oi" 2. and

Fig. 5, a detail View ot one of tivo swinging arins emploi/ed in theconstruction.

The preferred forni oit constraction as illustrated in the drawings,comprises tufo clamps 6 arranged to he adjiisteliiliv secured to theuprigglits 7 in the head of the hed., Swinging; ai'n'is 8 are arrangedon `clamps (i, said arms being,` provided 'with hollow hubs 9 pivoted enthreaded studs l() on the clamps G. The hubs 9 and cla" ips G areprovided with interlockingl teeth 'li and each ot' the studs i0 isprovided with a wing nut 12, springs i?, heine' imprisoned in the hubs 9shown. By this arrangement the arins 8 may be readily adjusted to anydesired angular position with relation to the hed, or tolded upwardlyagainst the head oi the hed as indi d.

A support le oi' any desired 'torni or construction, is adjustahlyseenred between the section taken on line Specification of LettersPatent.

1917. Serial No. 175,575.

swinging ends of the arms 8. The support lit is provided centrali)T onopposite sides with brackets 15 carrying threaded studs '1G constitutingpivotal supports ior hollow hubs 17 formed at the outer ends ot thearins 8. interlocking teeth 18 are provided.

on hubs l? and brackets 15 and springs 19' are arranged in the hubs 17.fing nuts 20 serve to lock the support 14: in any desired adjustedpositions between the arms 8. By this arrangement7 the support 14 may bereadily adjusted to any desired position to support the head or upperperf tion oi the body ot a patient in the lood, or folded upwardlyagainst the head ot the hed as indicated.

While l. have illustrated and described the preferred form oteonstruction for oarrying niv invention into eiiect, this is cepalile ofvariation and inodiication Withoi'lt departing from the spirit of theinvention. therefore. do not Wish to he limited to the precise detailsot construction set forth, but desire to avail myself oi'sucliVariations and modifications es coine Within the scope et' the appendedclaim.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to securelo Let-V ters lfatent. is:

The combination with the head oit a hed having;- uprinhts therein, oil?clamping eleinents sli-'.laloly mounted thereon. means for securing` thesame in adjusted position thereon. a pair of arms pivotally mounted atone end to said clamps5 means indepeinlont ot the first said securing`means 'tor securing the arms in different positions of anguiaradjustment. a support pivotally mounted between the tree ends oit saidarms, and means for securing said supporta-t diierent positions otangular :idjustinent. substantially described.

In testimony7 whereof have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of tiro subscribing' witnesses. I

LILLE-XN Kll-OUPA. l/liitnesses JOSHUA R. H. Po'r'rs, B. G. RICHARDS.

